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And in today's video, I'm gonna share with you some interesting facts when it comes to what to wear to work and my top tips to help you look your best.

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So I've recently partnered up with Randstad US.

They are a major recruitment and staffing firm, and they recently did a survey of over 1200 professionals asking them for their opinions on how they feel about the current fashion that exists in workplaces today.

Now, some of those survey results were pretty interesting, so I decided to share the top five interesting survey results with you, and on top of that, give you my opinion on whether I agree or disagree with those results and also give you some tips on how you congest your best for an interview or for your next job survey.

Result Number 1 65% of professionals feel it's important to wear a suit during an interview, regardless of how formal the workplace actually is.

So what do you think?

Do you think I agree or disagree with this?

If you've ever seen any of my previous videos, then you know that I always advocate wearing suits to interviews, and the reason for that is because the suit is the symbol of professionalism.

When you wear a suit to an interview, you're basically telling the employer I take this job opportunity seriously, and just to prove how serious I am, I'm wearing a suit.

So yes, suits are absolutely necessary for interviews.

Now here's some tips to make sure that the suit that you wear to your next interview is going to help you to get the job rather than hinder you.

The first tip I have when it comes to wearing suits is make sure that your suit is clean and smells fresh.

I have had experiences where I've interviewed job candidates who clearly wore suits that they hadn't cleaned or washed for a long time and it raped.

They were distracting because the smell was distracting.

So if you don't want to ruin your chances of potentially getting a job opportunity, then I highly recommend doing the simple task of washing and cleaning your suit.

And the second big tip that I have when it comes to suits is to make sure that your suit actually fits your body well.

The reason for this is because we're no longer in the nineties.

You don't need to be wearing suits that have the oversized shoulder pads and the pants that just go way beyond your ankles.

You wanna have suits that are well fitted to your body, and if it means that you have to invest in hiring a tailor, too, trim down your suit and make sure that it fits you.

Then so be it.

It's a good investment, and you should put some money towards that.

Now, when it comes to suits, I think the concept is pretty straightforward for what a man would wear, you know, suit jackets, suit pants, colored shirt, usually a white colored shirt and a nice tie.

Now for the ladies, you have a little bit more flexibility.

So what I recommend is if you really want to go professional like dressed to the nines, then where a nice fitted blazer or suit jackets and nice fitted matching pants and then on top of that underneath I would wear a white colored shirt or a blouse, and that is probably the ideal look I would go for now.

If you didn't have pants, then you could wear a matching skirt to the suit jacket.

Or the last option is to wear a suit jacket or blazer on top of a very simple black or gray dress.

So, for example, with me right now, I'm actually not the example that you should be going for when it comes to interviews because, as you can see, this blazer that I'm wearing is bright.

It's flowery, and that's not as professional as wearing a color that's more neutral.

So I would go for a gray, a dark gray or medium gray, a black or a navy when it comes to picking out a suit color and so don't wear what I'm wearing.

However, you can wear a dress underneath like what I'm wearing, so I'm just going to stand up real quick.

So as you could see, this is just a simple black dress.

I rarely ever do this, but I just want to show you a simple black dress and it goes up to my knees and you could dress it up with a nice blazer or suit jacket on top.

And something that I forgot to mention is regardless of what the company culture is like, whether they're professional or they're more on the casual side of things.

You want to wear a suit to the interview.

Don't look at the company and think to yourself.

Oh, they all wear jeans.

They all wear sweaters, so I should just wear the same thing.

I personally believe that you want to dress to impress and a suit is going to help you.

So I think I've made my point.

Make sure that you wear a suit to your next interview.

Survey.

Result Number two 63% of workers aged 18 to 35 say they prefer dressing up for work as it boost their confidence and performance, while only 51% of workers aged 35 to 64 agree.

So essentially, younger professionals feel more confident and more productive at work when they dress well.

And older professionals don't necessarily feel that That's the case.

So here's my theory on that.

I think that for professionals between the ages of 18 to 35 when it comes to their career or your career, if you're in that age range a lot of the time you're still starting out or you're progressing.

But you're not yet at the place where you want to be, you and your peers.

There's not much that setting you apart from one another.

And so I can totally understand how dressing up and looking polished for your days at work is helping to boost your confidence and helping you to feel that you are more productive.

Because, really, that's the only thing that you have control over.

Now, if you happen to be over the age of 35 the likelihood is that you're more established in your career, and so you don't feel the need to have to make an impression on others as much as you used to when you were younger, and so because you're more established, and because you're managing and directing others, maybe because other people look up to you, you don't feel the need to have to dress up all that nicely.

And although that may be true that it's more about your work and the quality of your work than it is about the way you look, part of me still disagrees, because the way you look the way you dress is your personal brand now looks isn't everything when it comes to personal brand.

But it does play a part, and what you have to remember is that if you can take care of yourself, that sends a signal to other people that oh, she or he is someone who knows how to take care of themselves.

Not only are they professional in the work that they do, and they have high quality work, but they look well kept their clean, their modern.

And to be honest, it does boost the level of respect that you get from people around you when you can dress and look the part.

So the moral of the story is where what you feel comfortable, but try to make sure that it's clean and professional looking because that does impact your career in some way, shape or form.

Survey result number three 55% of managers agree they care about performance, not what their employees wear, while 67% of workers feel that what they wear does not impact their performance.

This was another interesting fact, and I wonder if you can see the discrepancy the way that I see it.

So the majority of employees 65% of them feel that what they wear has no impact on their performance.

But managers, if you look at it, 45% of managers feel that what their employees where do have an impact on their performance Because the manager is the one that's rating you.

And depending on what you wear that could either increase or maybe lower your performance rating.

That's basically what this is potentially saying.

So with that discrepancy again, back to what I said earlier, it's important to take care of yourself.

It's important to be aware of how you appear from an external perspective.

I mean, it's more about you feel uncomfortable, of course, but you want to look and feel your best every day, and so taking care of yourself, dressing nicely.

Trying to make an effort at work will actually boost your chances of getting a higher performance rating, in my opinion.

So the point is, you need to care about what you wear to work and in terms of tips for the ladies, we have a lot of flexibility, so this shouldn't be difficult.

You know, a nice pair of trousers, fitted pants, blazers, cardigans, sweaters, blouses just mix and match and you're good to go.

And then, for the men, I would say, wearing nice fitted pants along with a colored shirt in the sweater.

I mean, on a casual day that works, or wearing a sport jacket with a colored shirt underneath that works as well.

If you don't want to go super super formal than you don't have to wear a full suit, especially if that's not how it works in your company, but just making sure that you have that smart, chic, modern look, and I recommend Pinterest for inspiration.

There's so many blog's and other YouTube videos that you can check out to get some inspiration.

It shouldn't be that difficult once you make that commitment that you want to dress your best.

You don't have to break the bank.

You just have to do some research and make some smart purchase options.

Survey result Number 4 50% Believe women's shoes with more than a three inch.

He'll look unprofessional at work, while 40% say the same about open toed shoes of any kind.

So I have mixed opinions on this one.

But first of all, I highly agree with the 50% of women who believe that three inch heels or higher are unprofessional.

That is absolutely true.

You don't need to be wearing three inch heels to the office.

Three and Shields belong in the club at a party everywhere else that's more casual and social versus the work office environment.

Personally, I've never been a heels kind of girl or a tall heels kind of girl.

That is because I find it unnecessary and really painful.

So instead, I tend to go for what you would call a kitten heel.

And a kitten heel is probably just less than an inch of a hell or one inch maybe Max.

And they are comfortable.

They still look very professional, and usually I purchased those types of heels in very basic colors.

Black is my go to.

Sometimes I'll go for some color because I think color is nice when it comes to wearing a hell with a certain outfit.

So don't be afraid to have a pop of color you some color in your shoes and just make sure that they're comfortable.

That's really the biggest thing when it comes to open toed shoes.

On the other hand, I actually disagree with the 40% who say that it's unprofessional.

There are some very nice open toed shoes that you could easily where to the office and look very professional in.

For example, sling back heels or open toed heels or flats are very nice.

I mean, you know, you're not showing too much of your foot, so you want to stay away from the flip flops, and you also want to stay away from anything that's too strappy.

The overly strappy sandals.

I would probably stick to wearing that in the summer on a casual day, rather than wearing it into the office and finally survey result number 5 30% of workers agree their employers dress code is unclear, creating uncertainty over what is acceptable.

My best tip.

If you're someone who's uncertain about the dress code that you have to wear toe work, keep it to that smart, modern chic look.

Keep it to business casual.

So that means just don't wear clothes that you would wear to the beach on a summer day.

No tank tops, no short shorts, No mini skirts.

I mean, you just want to keep it very business.

Casual, professional.

Anything like trousers, pants, blazers, blouses, sweaters, colored shirt, those air all safe.

Those air easy options that you could use to put together outfits that you could wear to the office.

And my final tip is, if you're uncertain about what to wear, it worked.

Just simply ask.

Ask your manager here.

She should have an idea on what's acceptable and what's not, and that will help you to clarify everything.

So those are five interesting workplace fashion fax and my tips to help you dress your best.

Now, when it comes to looking for a job, I highly recommend using recruiters.

You want a leverage, whatever you can get, and the recruiters at Branstad USA are available to help you to connect you to a position that you may be interested in, so feel free to check them out if you live in the U.

S.

There, Randstad usa dot com filling your application.

And from there a recruiter should be able to re checked you.

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